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From the 1880s through the second decade of the twentieth century, Henry Flagler dedicated himself to the development of Florida’s East Coast. Born in 1830 in Hopewell, NY, Flagler worked in grain and salt production businesses before becoming a founding partner in Standard Oil.
Man of the Century examines his accomplishments in the areas of business, development, and philanthropy through photographs, maps, documents, and artifacts. By the time of his death in 1913, Henry Flagler had accumulated almost unimaginable wealth from his business ventures.
Henry Flagler was an industrialist tycoon, a founder of Standard Oil, and helped invent tourism in Florida.
